Smallville: Amazons & Slayers by Antonio Cabañas
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: Smallville, Superman, Wonder Woman and all related characters are trademarks of DC Comics, which is owned by Warner Bros. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and all related characters were created and are owned by Joss Whedon.
E-mail: borg31de777yahoo.es.
Spoilers: Smallville second season until "Rosetta" and the entire Buffy the Vampire Slayer series
I wish to thank my beta-reader Carycomix for his help and support
Answer to reviewers:
Please, review!!!!
Summary: A mysterious woman comes to Smallville, jealousies in the Smallville High Athletic Team take a odd turn, a mystery from the past reappears and Clark become involved in all of that.
Luthor Mansion
Lex Luthor was sitting at his desk reviewing some documents when the computer chimed, announcing that he had received mail. After ending with the document, he proceeded to read the message.
'As always, Sam is worth his weight in gold.' thought Lex.
As he had asked, the preliminary results of the background check in Diana Prince were on his desk that morning, and good old Sam had included a note saying that he hoped to have a more complete report that evening.
But Lex didn't know that he wasn't the only Luthor that had Sam on his payroll. At that same moment Lionel Luthor, who was coming back from Coast City, was reading the same report.
Artemis Gym
Artemis Stevens, after taking her usual morning jog, had arrived at work. While she was opening the door, she heard a group of young people walking behind her, all of them with southern californian accents.
"Tourists" she thought.
On the other side of the streets a man was watching her.
"What a lovely town." grumbled Buffy sarcastically.
"You are quite grumpy this morning." commented Dawn.
"With a night like last night, you would be like that this morning."
"You ate too much last night..."
"Be serious, Xander." said Buffy "It was only that every time that I closed my eyes, I had the weirdest dreams."
"Weird dreams? Like the ones that you have whenever something major is about to happen?"
"Slayer-dreams, you mean? Hardly. The dreams weren't cryptic, they were totally nonsenc.. nonseni..."
"Nonsensical?"
"Yeah, nonsensical. Although this..." she pointed to the ankh hanging from her neck "... appeared almost constantly."
"Maybe that Nelson guy is trying to contact you... or maybe not." said Willow "Did Nelson tell why he gave you the ankh?"
"Something about a need for protection when the time comes."
"Curious."
A tower near Salem, Mass.
"The witch suspect something." said teh woman, who had been observing everything.
"Yes, but she isn't going to take measures yet." answered the man "The last son, the Slayer and the others are already there"
"Yes, but what is needed for the Slayer to do maybe is..."
"Too much? I don't think so. She sacrificed herself for her sister, and if it's necessary she will do so again."
"I defer to your judgement." then she thought for a moment and chuckled "Do you think that they will believe that all of this is a coincidence?"
"I think that they will rather blame the workings of fate, dear Inza"
Smallville Stadium
Arty had changed to her normal clothes and was crossing to the door of the locker room when she saw Meg Rawlings waiting.
'Please, not again' she thought, remembering the incident from the last week. But then she noticed how Meg seemed embarrased, and that was odd.
"Arty, I... I have made a real ass of myself these last couple of weeks. I want to... I want to apologize for that." she said, on the verge of tears.
Arty was speechless. She had known Meg for years and it simply wasn't in her nature to apologize for anything. As if reading her mind, Meg smiled sadly.
"Not very much like myself, eh? Yesterday I did a very stupid thing, trying to find a way to end your career as an athlete, and well, that made me think about what a snotty bitch I had become."
Arty thought for a moment, considering to give Meg a taste of her own medicine. But she decided against it. It wasn't really in her own character to behave like that. So, after taking a deep breath she said:
"Meg, this is too deep to discuss here. Just now I was going to the Talon, let's talk about it on the way."
Smallville
'Kevin Kilmer' was walking through the streets of the town, looking around, when he bumped into a girl that had just turned a corner. The girl was carrying a bundle, which fell on to the pavement, partially open.
"Sorry, I wasn't looking ahead" said 'Kevin'
"It's nothing, Mister...."
"Kilmer, Kevin Kilmer. I'm a journalist from the Gotham Gazette."
"I'm Lana Lang." she answered, offering her hand "What are you doing in Smallville? Something about the meteors?."
'Kilmer' laughed and said.
"No, it has nothing to do with the meteors. Most newspapers and TV networks regard what occurred here in the same category of Rosswell's UFO and the Men in Black, that is, tabloid fodder."
"How do you know?"
"I asked."
"So what are you doing here?"
"I pissed off my editor and he sent me to cover the Crows Festival."
Lana smiled.
"I have been helping out the Festival Committee. If you help me with these items..." said, pointing to the bundle "I can give you some info."
Inside the bundle there was a big green banner with purple lettering.
"Garish, isn't it?" she said, chuckling while they bundled the banner again "It's a banner for the Festival of the Crows. The member of the Comittee that ordered a hundred of them must be color-blind"
Artemis Gym
Artemis Stevens yawned. The decision to open that morning had been an error, as nobody had come. She was giving serious thought about closing the gym early and spending the rest of the morning shopping. Just then, the phone rang.
"Artemis Gym... What? Miss Maxwell? Are you going to see her in the hospital?... Ah, the hopital only allow afternoon visits... You and Meg have declared a truce? I'm glad to hear that... The Talon, are you saying?... The truth it's dead quiet, right now. Ok, I'll call Martha, and I'll see if she can take you and me back home... Bye, Arty."
A few minutes later, after changing clothes, and closing the door she began to walk toward the Talon. While she fumbled with her cellphone, she failed to notice the man that was following her.
Salem Tower
"They are converging earlier that we expected." said the woman called Inza.
"Odd. But that can work in our favor." answered the man
Smallville
Diana had asked Martha to stop at Artemis Gym on the way to the Talon. But the Gym was closed, so they proceeded to the Talon. As they neared their destination, just before turning a corner, Clark saw Meg Rawlings talking with another girl that he couldn't see well.
"Clark!" said Arty, but Martha's pick-up had already turned a corner "Damn! I wanted to ask him something"
"I have heard that she is helping Lana in the Talon..."
"Oh, I don't know how I could have forgotten that, having gotten used to seeing how Clark looks at Lana." she said with a expression of frustation. "I mean that I thought that he had finally out-grown his infatuation with Lana when I saw him and Chloe together at the ball last year, but after that..."
They gossiped a lot about Clark, Lana and Chloe at the beginning, deriving into the rest of the high school, and then finally:
"...I still can't believe how you won that race. I mean, you were the last by a good margin, and suddenly you began to pass everyone of us almost without sweating."
"I can't explain it either, Meg. For a split second I felt like my body was on fire, and a moment later I was nearing Karen Braverman." said Arty. "The oddest thing was that I felt as if I could run keeping that rhythm forever. And I was running faster than I had ever run."
"That's odd."
"Indeed."
On the floor of an empty bungalow some cracks began to appear.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: Smallville, Superman, Wonder Woman and all related characters are trademarks of DC Comics, which is owned by Warner Bros. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and all related characters were created and are owned by Joss Whedon.
E-mail: borg31de777yahoo.es.
Spoilers: Smallville second season until "Rosetta" and the entire Buffy the Vampire Slayer series
I wish to thank my beta-reader Carycomix for his help and support
Answer to reviewers:
Please, review!!!!
Summary: A mysterious woman comes to Smallville, jealousies in the Smallville High Athletic Team take a odd turn, a mystery from the past reappears and Clark become involved in all of that.
Luthor Mansion
Lex Luthor was sitting at his desk reviewing some documents when the computer chimed, announcing that he had received mail. After ending with the document, he proceeded to read the message.
'As always, Sam is worth his weight in gold.' thought Lex.
As he had asked, the preliminary results of the background check in Diana Prince were on his desk that morning, and good old Sam had included a note saying that he hoped to have a more complete report that evening.
But Lex didn't know that he wasn't the only Luthor that had Sam on his payroll. At that same moment Lionel Luthor, who was coming back from Coast City, was reading the same report.
Artemis Gym
Artemis Stevens, after taking her usual morning jog, had arrived at work. While she was opening the door, she heard a group of young people walking behind her, all of them with southern californian accents.
"Tourists" she thought.
On the other side of the streets a man was watching her.
"What a lovely town." grumbled Buffy sarcastically.
"You are quite grumpy this morning." commented Dawn.
"With a night like last night, you would be like that this morning."
"You ate too much last night..."
"Be serious, Xander." said Buffy "It was only that every time that I closed my eyes, I had the weirdest dreams."
"Weird dreams? Like the ones that you have whenever something major is about to happen?"
"Slayer-dreams, you mean? Hardly. The dreams weren't cryptic, they were totally nonsenc.. nonseni..."
"Nonsensical?"
"Yeah, nonsensical. Although this..." she pointed to the ankh hanging from her neck "... appeared almost constantly."
"Maybe that Nelson guy is trying to contact you... or maybe not." said Willow "Did Nelson tell why he gave you the ankh?"
"Something about a need for protection when the time comes."
"Curious."
A tower near Salem, Mass.
"The witch suspect something." said teh woman, who had been observing everything.
"Yes, but she isn't going to take measures yet." answered the man "The last son, the Slayer and the others are already there"
"Yes, but what is needed for the Slayer to do maybe is..."
"Too much? I don't think so. She sacrificed herself for her sister, and if it's necessary she will do so again."
"I defer to your judgement." then she thought for a moment and chuckled "Do you think that they will believe that all of this is a coincidence?"
"I think that they will rather blame the workings of fate, dear Inza"
Smallville Stadium
Arty had changed to her normal clothes and was crossing to the door of the locker room when she saw Meg Rawlings waiting.
'Please, not again' she thought, remembering the incident from the last week. But then she noticed how Meg seemed embarrased, and that was odd.
"Arty, I... I have made a real ass of myself these last couple of weeks. I want to... I want to apologize for that." she said, on the verge of tears.
Arty was speechless. She had known Meg for years and it simply wasn't in her nature to apologize for anything. As if reading her mind, Meg smiled sadly.
"Not very much like myself, eh? Yesterday I did a very stupid thing, trying to find a way to end your career as an athlete, and well, that made me think about what a snotty bitch I had become."
Arty thought for a moment, considering to give Meg a taste of her own medicine. But she decided against it. It wasn't really in her own character to behave like that. So, after taking a deep breath she said:
"Meg, this is too deep to discuss here. Just now I was going to the Talon, let's talk about it on the way."
Smallville
'Kevin Kilmer' was walking through the streets of the town, looking around, when he bumped into a girl that had just turned a corner. The girl was carrying a bundle, which fell on to the pavement, partially open.
"Sorry, I wasn't looking ahead" said 'Kevin'
"It's nothing, Mister...."
"Kilmer, Kevin Kilmer. I'm a journalist from the Gotham Gazette."
"I'm Lana Lang." she answered, offering her hand "What are you doing in Smallville? Something about the meteors?."
'Kilmer' laughed and said.
"No, it has nothing to do with the meteors. Most newspapers and TV networks regard what occurred here in the same category of Rosswell's UFO and the Men in Black, that is, tabloid fodder."
"How do you know?"
"I asked."
"So what are you doing here?"
"I pissed off my editor and he sent me to cover the Crows Festival."
Lana smiled.
"I have been helping out the Festival Committee. If you help me with these items..." said, pointing to the bundle "I can give you some info."
Inside the bundle there was a big green banner with purple lettering.
"Garish, isn't it?" she said, chuckling while they bundled the banner again "It's a banner for the Festival of the Crows. The member of the Comittee that ordered a hundred of them must be color-blind"
Artemis Gym
Artemis Stevens yawned. The decision to open that morning had been an error, as nobody had come. She was giving serious thought about closing the gym early and spending the rest of the morning shopping. Just then, the phone rang.
"Artemis Gym... What? Miss Maxwell? Are you going to see her in the hospital?... Ah, the hopital only allow afternoon visits... You and Meg have declared a truce? I'm glad to hear that... The Talon, are you saying?... The truth it's dead quiet, right now. Ok, I'll call Martha, and I'll see if she can take you and me back home... Bye, Arty."
A few minutes later, after changing clothes, and closing the door she began to walk toward the Talon. While she fumbled with her cellphone, she failed to notice the man that was following her.
Salem Tower
"They are converging earlier that we expected." said the woman called Inza.
"Odd. But that can work in our favor." answered the man
Smallville
Diana had asked Martha to stop at Artemis Gym on the way to the Talon. But the Gym was closed, so they proceeded to the Talon. As they neared their destination, just before turning a corner, Clark saw Meg Rawlings talking with another girl that he couldn't see well.
"Clark!" said Arty, but Martha's pick-up had already turned a corner "Damn! I wanted to ask him something"
"I have heard that she is helping Lana in the Talon..."
"Oh, I don't know how I could have forgotten that, having gotten used to seeing how Clark looks at Lana." she said with a expression of frustation. "I mean that I thought that he had finally out-grown his infatuation with Lana when I saw him and Chloe together at the ball last year, but after that..."
They gossiped a lot about Clark, Lana and Chloe at the beginning, deriving into the rest of the high school, and then finally:
"...I still can't believe how you won that race. I mean, you were the last by a good margin, and suddenly you began to pass everyone of us almost without sweating."
"I can't explain it either, Meg. For a split second I felt like my body was on fire, and a moment later I was nearing Karen Braverman." said Arty. "The oddest thing was that I felt as if I could run keeping that rhythm forever. And I was running faster than I had ever run."
"That's odd."
"Indeed."
On the floor of an empty bungalow some cracks began to appear.
TO BE CONTINUED...